Butler, Heat each fined $15K for obscene gesture
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Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler was fined $15,000 for making an obscene gesture during the team's Game 5 victory over the Atlanta Hawks, the league announced on Thursday.
The organization was also fined $15,000 for sharing the incident on social media, a post that has since been deleted.
Butler made the gesture in the second quarter of the Heat's series-clinching 97-94 victory on Tuesday.
Lmao somebody come get Jimmy Butler 🤣💀pic.twitter.com/Oyv90Azdcn
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) April 27, 2022
The team's leading scorer missed the contest with knee soreness after averaging 30.5 points per game over the first four contests of the series.